New Tools for Assessing Drought Conditions for Rangeland Management

Cody Knutson; Brian Fuchs

doi:10.1016/j.rala.2016.05.003

New Tools for Assessing Drought Conditions for Rangeland Management

Cody Knutson, Brian Fuchs

Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute

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Abstract

• Historical drought assessment and ongoing monitoring is essential for understanding past drought occurrence, the relationships between past drought and its impacts, and for triggering action during current drought events.• A variety of new products have recently been developed to better monitor drought conditions and assess past occurrences at the local scale.• A growing number of resources are available to assist rangeland managers to develop a monitoring system and incorporate it into a drought management plan.

Original language	English (US)
Pages	177-182
Number of pages	6
Volume	38
No	4
Specialist publication	Rangelands
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2016.05.003
State	Published - Aug 1 2016

Keywords

VegDRI
drought
monitoring
planning
risk assessment
risk atlas

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geography, Planning and Development
Ecology
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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